A day after U.S. forces finished its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, refugees board a bus taking them to a processing center upon their arrival at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, September 1, 2021.
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Nearly 6 months after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, countless refugees who ran away the nation still live on American military bases as they wait for visas to discover long-term homes and work.
As of this week, 10,000 Afghans survive on a number of military bases around the U.S., according to information gotten by CNBC and validated by the Department of HomelandSecurity Some 2,500 are residing on U.S. military bases overseas, consisting of in Qatar.
On Monday, the Amir of Qatar will check out the White House to go over strategies to repatriate Afghan refugees to the U.S.
“There is more work to do, which is why we are exploring a variety of innovations to streamline the resettlement process and eliminate redundancies, while maintaining the robust health and screening and vetting processes that protect our homeland and American communities,” a spokesperson for the National Security Council informs CNBC.
Congress has actually appropriated $13 billion for Operation Allies Welcome up until now, according to a White House authorities. Roughly 65,000 Afghans who have actually shown up in the U.S. have actually moved off bases and transplanted completely in regional neighborhoods.
President Joe Biden and the Qatari Amir will likewise go over different strategies to reroute gas stocks to Europe.
